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(Philomela luscinta.) 
THE upper plumage is reddish-brown; the under 
parts are a pale ash-colour, lighter at the throat and 
vent; the tail rust-colour; legs brown. Length, six 
inches and a quarter.. The female similar toute 
male. Eggs olive-brown. 
Although this bird is common in England, it does 
not favour our northern counties, and is but rarely 
seen in Devonshire and Cornwall. It arrives here 
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